I had a good starting
point in this project because I had chosen to look more in to the urban influence
brief. I have always been interested in the city and my surrounds and by having
the chance to develop my knowledge about the city. What inspired me the most
about the city is its bright lights and colours the city has at night. However
with this project I wanted to expend on how I looked at the city so I started
looking and taking photographs on different levels to get different views. Also
this linked to my summer project because of the use of colours I was finding
within the city. I knew that I had to look more in to what influenced me the
most by finalising the photos and I found that I take influence from
reflections in the water.
One of the down falls that I had in this project was that I
didn’t use enough processes as I wanted, such as developing my samples as much
as they could. This is because of the fact I liked them the way they were. What
I did by developing my samples were trying the processes on different materials
and trying them at different scales. Scale is a major influence in my work because
of the artists that I look at. Most of the artists that I have been looking at
and taking influences from are installation and sculpture based. What I liked
about these artist were that they all use unusual materials and the use of
colours. When I look at these artist I befit from understand the use of
materials they have because it’s not what they do with them it more about what
they used. I tried to show this in my samples. I created many different samples
using many different materials because I wanted to find out what worked the
best and befitted me in what I wanted to create.
My strengths within this project were that I wasn’t frighten
to take risks and that use of materials and colours didn’t scare me. Many
artists and designers don’t like working at the scale that I do because they
feel like it’s too much for them however I have found that working at a bigger
scale for me makes it more comfortable to work and easier for me to develop my
work because I can see what I can change and manipulate. When was working at a
small scales my samples look terrible and some of the materials I had to choose
to work with weren’t working as well as I thought because of the way I was
manipulating them. So I had to develop them more and see what other materials
could work better and create more of an impact.
What I found out in this project is what I could create and
were I see myself in the art and design world. I found that I really enjoy
creating spaces with materials and changing a whole look about something by
manipulating my materials to an arear or environments such as a window and
wall. Also I had found that I really like the idea of creating samples for
fashion because with one of my sample I placed it on fabric to see how I could
change the way I look its and shown. I created a skirt and it looked like it
should have been in a carnival and I never would of thought of this because I
had been creating more exhibition pieces. Another question that was asked was
where do you see your work and after creating all these pieces and try
different ways of seeing them out I began to enjoy the idea of seeing them in
shop window displays use as Harrods. They have these amazing installations and
sculptures in the windows of the store.
What I would change in the further is to be more decisive of
what materials I use because I have used so many different ones this time I
know what works and befit the processes that I use. I have so many different
ideas and influences around I need to be analytical about what I use and how use
them.
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